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Sao Paulo GP qualifying moved to Sunday after heavy rain
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Sao Paulo GP qualifying moved to Sunday after heavy rain

By Miles Cooper November 3, 2024
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Sao Paulo GP qualifying moved to Sunday after heavy rain

Qualifying on the Sao Paulo Grand Prix has been postponed till Sunday on account of heavy rain.

Qualifying has been scheduled for 07:30 native time (10:30 UK) and the race moved ahead by an hour and a half to 12:30 native (15:30 UK) due to the forecast of extra moist climate on Sunday.

The qualifying session had been as a result of begin at 15:00 native time (18:00 UK) on Saturday.

A choice was lastly made at 16:45 native time, after a collection of delays, that the monitor was too moist and situations weren’t going to enhance.

A joint assertion from governing physique the FIA and System 1 stated: “The choice was taken to not proceed with qualifying as a result of poor visibility, standing water on the monitor and fading mild.

“Security is at all times the paramount consideration in such circumstances and, whereas as a lot time as doable was given to permit situations to enhance, they sadly didn’t.”

The forecast of extra heavy rain from mid-afternoon in Sao Paulo on Sunday led to the choice to carry the race begin time ahead.

That meant shifting qualifying to an early begin time in Brazil as a result of guidelines mandate that there needs to be a minimal of 4 hours between the tip of qualifying and the beginning of the race.

The assertion stated the brand new timings would “guarantee we maximise the possibilities of offering the followers with a day of racing motion, given the climate forecast for Sunday afternoon, and each the FIA and F1 consider this time change is important and the best factor to do for all our passionate followers.”

An interview with F1 president Stefano Domenicali straight after qualifying, wherein he was explaining the choice to postpone the session till Sunday, was interrupted by Lewis Hamilton, who stated: “I wish to exit. In the event you give us higher moist tyres we’d be capable of exit on this.”

Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz stated on X: “I’m sorry for the followers. They cheered relentlessly beneath the rain, however quali was not possible.”

Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen heads into the grand prix main McLaren’s Lando Norris by 44 factors on the planet championship.

Norris decreased his deficit by three factors by whereas Verstappen was labeled fourth, dropping one place due to a time penalty for exceeding the permitted pace in a digital security automobile interval.

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